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International Day of Yoga 2022 to be observed tomorrow with main event organized at Mysuru, Karnataka
Over 15,000 participants to perform Yoga at Mysuru Palace along with Prime Minister
The enthusiasm and excitement created through 100 days campaign will lead to record participation in IDY 2022– Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
The Ministry of Ayush and the Government of Karnataka are geared up to celebrate the main event of 8th edition of the International Day of Yoga  2022 at Mysuru Palace, Mysuru. The theme of this year’s International Day of Yoga is ‘Yoga for Humanity’. It is expected that over 15,000 participants will do yoga along with the Prime Minister on 21st June 2022 at Mysuru, Karnataka and crores of people will participate in various IDY 2022 programs being organized in India and the world.
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Governor of Karnataka, Shri Basavaraj S Bommai ,Chief Minister of Karnataka, Union Minister for Ayush, Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, and official of Ministry of Ayush and Government of Karnataka and other dignitaries will also parforme at the main Mysuru yoga event.
On the preparation and main event for IDY 2022, Union Minister for Ayush, Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal said that, “It’s after two tumultuous years of the pandemic, that we are now celebrating IDY in offline mode. The enthusiasm and excitement, which has been created through 100 days, 100 organisations, 100 cities campaign, will lead to record participation not only in India but across the world. We all must realise that it is due to Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s exemplary and continued efforts the International Day of Yoga and the science of Yoga have received recognition around the globe.”
This year International Day of Yoga 2022 will see many firsts, the ‘Guardian ring’, yoga demonstration by Union cabinet ministers at 75 iconic locations in India and a special digital yoga & static exhibition in Mysuru Dussera Grounds, Mysuru.
In Guardian Ring program, yoga demonstration will be streamed live as and when the people perform yoga in 16 different time zones along with the rise of the sun. Starting from Fiji in east it will move westward and end in San Francisco. This will be aired live on DD India from 3 AM to 10 PM .
As a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Yoga demonstration and celebrations will take place at 75 Iconic sites across India. Union and state Ministers of Government of India with take part in Yoga demonstration organized at 75 locations.
The Digital yoga exhibition will showcase the latest technologies like Virtual Reality  to project the history and wisdom of Yoga. The static exhibition consists of 146 stalls which have been taken up by yoga institutions, Ayush institutions under the ambit of the Government of Karnataka and the Government of India.
It is expected that as many as 25 crores people will participate in International Day of Yoga 2022 celebrations across the world.
Ministry of Science & Technology
In recent years CSIR has been putting in places processes to have more representation of women in the system: Dr. Shekhar C Mande, Director-General, CSIR
AcSIR and CSIR launch Vigyangranth- the PhD Thesis Repository portal, aimed at giving a holistic view of R&D initiated and carried out by Indian research scholars
A webinar on "CSIR Women Researchers at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19" organized
Vigyangranth- the PhD Thesis Repositoryhas been launched which is a joint initiative of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India  and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India . The portal is aimed to give a holistic view of R&D initiated and carried out by Indian research scholars in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics  with respect to their relevance to  Broad Heads of Research ,  Sustainable Development Goals  set by United Nations,  National Thrust Areas of Research,  Disciplines, in addition to value of the contributions as deep discoveries in science and frontline advancements in technological space.
The portal was launched by the Chief Guest Lt. General  Madhuri Kanitkar, Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff . At the online event organized by CSIR to mark the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Dr. Kanitkar pointed out that theses repository is a valuable contribution to make the information and knowledge accessible to the world at large and also called upon the women scientists to follow their passion in science.
Speaking about Vigyangranth, Dr. R S Sangwan, Director, AcSIR said that the portal has been developed on the suggestion of the PM who, while Presiding over the Society Meeting of CSIR in 2020, emphasized the need and significance of a databank of researchers pursuing PhD in the country and of a Portal reflecting research work and topics directly relevant to national problems, needs and demands. He informed that close to 7000 thesis abstracts are available currently which are searchable by key words and discipline.
Earlier, welcoming the audience, Dr. Shekhar C Mande, Director-General, CSIR said that in the recent years CSIR is putting in places processes to have more representation of women in the system.
A webinar on "CSIR Women Researchers at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19" was organized on the occasion. Five women research students belonging to various CSIR laboratories shared their research work related to PPEs, COVID-19 drugs, viral sequencing, disinfection systems and so on which were taken up as a part of CSIRs fight against Covid-19.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Indian Institute of Skills
The National Policy on Skill Development and Skill India Mission was announced in 2015, with the aim to tackle the skill challenges of India by addressing, inadequate overall capacity for skilling and acute shortages in critical areas on an average poor quality and employability of the skilling eco-system, low aspirational value associated with skill acquisition; and lack of vertical progression pathways for vocational education.
The Indian Institute of Skills  was conceptualized to address above mentioned issues and to develop state of art skill institutions. The vision behind setting up IIS is to build world-class skill training centres by learning from and imbibing best practices from internationally renowned existing skill institutions. IISs are envisaged to have the unique features that would make them different from the existing setup of Industrial Training Institutes , Polytechnics, Advanced Training Institutes  .
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of setting up of IISs at three locations in the country at Kanpur , Mumbai  and Ahmedabad . This Ministry has requested the Government of Gujarat for locating/ identifying the landfor setting up of IIS at Ahmedabad.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri R.K. Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Steel
‘Specialty Steel’ included under the Production Linked Incentive
Government has approved inclusion of ‘Specialty Steel’ under the Production Linked Incentive  Scheme with a 5-year financial outlay of Rs 6322 Cr to promote the manufacturing of 'Specialty Steel' within the country by attracting capital investment, generate employment and promote technology up-gradation in the steel sector. This would help in improving availability of 'Specialty Steel' in the country by making the country Atmanirbhar in meeting the domestic demand. In a deregulated, open market scenario, domestic steel price is determined by market forces of demand and supply, trends in prices of raw materials and is also influenced by global steel trade conditions.
This Information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves proposed combination involving acquisition of 20% of the issued and paid-up equity share capital of Piramal Pharma Limited  by CA Clover Intermediate II Investments 
The Competition Commission of India  approves proposed combination involving acquisition of 20% of the issued and paid-up equity share capital of Piramal Pharma Limited  by CA Clover Intermediate II Investments .
The proposed combination relates to  the transfer of global pharmaceutical business  by Piramal Enterprises Limited  to a wholly owned subsidiary of PEL, i.e. Pharma Co., followed by,  the acquisition of 20% of the issued and paid-up equity share capital of Pharma Co. by Curie .
Curie is a special purpose acquisition vehicle, owned and controlled by investment funds advised by the affiliates of the Carlyle Group Inc. .
The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager, which manages funds that invest globally across four investment disciplines:  Corporate Private Equity ,  Real Assets ,  Global Credit , and  Solutions .
Pharma Co. is a wholly owned entity of PEL that will hold PEL’s Transferred Business as part of the Proposed Combination, and acquire the pharmaceutical business of PEL comprising the Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation , Complex Hospital Generics , and Consumer Healthcare Division segments, as well as equity interest in certain PEL entities.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Save the country from corruption because it kills us: ADG police. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd organizes a seminar as part of Vigilance Awareness week.
Kolkata, 30th October, 2018
Chairman and Managing Director, Balmer Lawrie and Company Ltd. Shri Prabal Basu urged upon all officials and employees to say no to corruption. Speaking at a seminar held by Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd. to mark Vigilance Awareness Week in Kolkata today, Shri Basu said, the observance of Vigilance Awareness Week renews our commitment to achieve the goal of promoting integrity, transparency and accountability in governance for a Corruption Free India. For this purpose, the employees of our organization have a very important obligation on their part. They should inculcate the vision of integrity in their life and they should also spread this culture to their family, colleagues, friends and public in general. We must remain vigilant throughout the year to eradicate corruption from all spheres of life.
Dr. B.N. Ramesh, senior IPS officer and ADG, police, Government of West Bengal gave a power point presentation on corruption and on the ways to get rid of it. He said that corruption can be defined as dishonest or unethical conduct by a person entrusted with a position of authority, either to obtain benefit to oneself or to some other person. It is a global phenomenon, affecting all strata of society in some way or the other. He urged upon all to save the country from corruption because it kills the people. He also urged the management to encourage honest employees by rewarding them along with punishing the corrupt.
The purpose of Vigilance Awareness Week is to generate awareness in the public at large about the ill effects of corruption and this year’s theme is “Eradicate Corruption-Build a new India”.
Shri Dipankar Mondal, Vice President ; Shri D Sothi Selvam, Director  and other officials of Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd. were also present in the seminar.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Science has the Potential to Solve Every Unresolved Issue: Dr Harsha Vardhan
Kolkata, May 8, 2018
Science has the potential of solving every unresolved issue. A significant part of one’s activity or invention should be translated into the welfare of people. One should be in the process of continuous brain-storming to come up with a novel thing that should be for the welfare of the people. Hence we should have a specific aim or goal to achieve something for good of the people as a whole. The Government will stand by such a Samaritan effort. The Union Minister of Science & Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Earth Sciences Dr Harsha Vardhan said this here today after visiting the different sections of Zoological Survey of India . The Minister even urged to see that society plays a pivotal role to control environmental degradation and protect climate from such unwanted hazards. In this connection, Dr Harsha Vardhan spoke on in length about the eponymous app ‘Dr Harsha Vardhan’ which influences people to join the ‘500 Green Good Deeds’ movement to protect the environment and the children of next generation. He reminded the citizens about their ‘Green Social Responsibilities’ and urged people to practice ‘Green Good Behaviour’ for making the environment safer for the children of future generation.
The Minister even released a ZSI publication on ‘Estuarine Bio-diversity in India’ and he even gave away a copy of his much-applauded book ‘A Tale of Two Drops’  to the Director of ZSI Dr Kailash Chandra. Dr Chandra gave a brief history of the organisation as well as the various objectives of the organisation like exploring, naming, describing, classifying and documenting fauna from all over India. In fact, in India till date, 1,00693 species of animals have been described, but a large number of species are expected to be discovered especially from the lower invertebrate groups occurring in various eco systems. Present on the occasion was Scientist F Shri K C Gope who gave the vote of thanks.
Election Commission
Election Commissioner of India, Shri Arun Goel visits Maldives to observe Presidential Elections 2023
On the invitation of the Election Commission of Maldives, Shri Arun Goel, Election Commissioner is leading a three-member delegation to Maldives to observe the conduct of the Presidential Election, 2023. The first round of the election was conducted on 9th September 2023. There are eight candidates in the fray. The election was held as per the Constitution of Maldives, 2008, Election  Act, 2008, Presidential Elections Act, 2008 and Presidential Elections Rules and Regulations, 2008.
Under the Election Laws of Maldives, the President is elected for a five-year term directly by the people by universal and secret suffrage. The voting system for election of the President is a direct election through a majority vote with the first-past-the-post method. The winning candidate has to secure a minimum of 50 % of total votes polled in one or multiple rounds. The Election Commission of Maldives comprises of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and three other Commissioners. The number of eligible electors for the Presidential Election is 2,82,395 . There are 574 ballot boxes  and the maximum number of voters registered in a ballot box is 850. Out of these boxes 8 have been set up overseas for the citizens of Maldives residing abroad.
The delegation led by Election Commissioner Mr. Arun Goel included Mr. Ajay Bhadoo, Deputy Election Commissioner and Mr. Pramod Kumar Sharma, Principal Secretary, visited 22 polling booths located in Male and Hulhumale and observed the polling process, the system and procedure of voter registration and identification, the arrangements of booths for polling and noted many initiatives taken by the EC of Maldives. International Observers from other countries and organizations also participated in the election observation programme.
The counting of the votes was done on the same day i.e., 9th September 2023 and as per the result none of the candidates could get over 50% of votes. According to their election laws, there will be a second round of elections on 30th September 2023 to be contested only by the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the first election.
Ministry of Defence
INDIAN NAVY - ROYAL ENFIELD MOTORCYCLING EXPEDITION ACROSS NORTH EAST INDIA TO COMMEMORATE AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV
24 Days | 15 motorcycles | 7 states | 3500 Kms of adventure Aims at Increasing Awareness about Navy, promoting tourism, sports and adventure activities in the North East states of India
The Indian Navy Motor Bike team, ‘The Sea Riders, in partnership with Royal Enfield, the world’s oldest motorcycle brand and in production since 1901, embarked on an epic motorcycle expedition, as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Celebrations’, commemorating the 75th year of independence, across the seven states of North East India from 25 Nov - 14 Dec 22.
The expedition was flagged off by Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff over Video Conference from South Point School at Guwahati. Fifteen Sea Riders rode out on Royal Enfield Meteor 350 cc bikes on their journey to cover a total distance of 3500 kms over a period of 24 days across the seven states of NE India.
The expedition is being conducted over two phases across seven states with each phase covering some of the toughest and most breath-taking terrains in North East India. The riders will traverse along the Indo-Bangladesh border, visiting historical Unakoti sculptures, Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating national park in the world and witnessing the famous Hornbill festival. The expedition will be passing through the capital cities of Guwahati, Shillong, Aizawl, Imphal, Kohima riding through high Altitude Sela & BumLa Passes.
During the expedition, the sea riders, led by Capt Sumeet Puri, will interact with students at various schools and introduce the spirit of adventure whilst making them aware about the Indian Navy. This unique partnership aims at motivating youth to join the Armed Forces and will conclude in Guwahati on 15 Dec 22.
Over the years, Royal Enfield has played a significant role in the journey of the Indian Armed Forces and this expedition would be another step towards further strengthening the association.
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Ministry of Defence
First Apache Helicopter formally handed over to The IAF
First AH-64E  - Apache Guardian helicopter was formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at Boeing production facility in Mesa, Arizona, USA on 10 May 19. Air Marshal AS Butola, represented the Indian Air Force and accepted the first Apache in a ceremony at Boeing production facility, representatives from US Government were also present.
IAF had signed a contract with US Government and M/s Boeing Ltd in Sep 2015 for 22 Apache helicopters. The first batch of these helicopters is scheduled to be shipped to India by Jul this year. Selected aircrew and ground crew have undergone training at the training facilities at US Army base Fort Rucker, Alabama. These personnel will lead the operationalisation of the Apache fleet in the IAF.
The addition of AH-64 E  helicopter is a significant step towards modernisation of Indian Air Force’s helicopter fleet. The helicopter has been customized to suit IAF’s future requirements and would have significant capability in mountainous terrain. The helicopter has the capability to carry out precision attacks at standoff ranges and operate in hostile airspace with threats from ground. The ability of these helicopters, to transmit and receive the battlefield picture, to and from the weapon systems through data networking makes it a lethal acquisition. These attack helicopters will provide significant edge in any future joint operations in support of land forces.
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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
CIPET renamed as Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering &Technology
CIPET will be in a position to fully devote for the growth of entire petrochemical sector: Gowda
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology  has been renamed as Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology , a premier national institution under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India.
The changed name has been registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda has said that now CIPET will be in a position to fully devote itself for the growth of entire petrochemical sector with a focus on Academics, Skilling, Technology Support and Research.
The primary objective of CIPET has been contributing towards the growth of the plastics industry through a combined program of education and research. The Institute has evolved through the years, creating closer ties with industries with the intent to create innovative plastic based solutions which are resource efficient and marketable.
Ministry of Railways
Mission raftaar
Mission Raftaar is a ‘Mission’ envisaged for speed enhancement and to achieve a target of doubling average speed of freight trains and increasing the average speed of Superfast /mail/Express trains by 25 kmph and not a stand alone ‘Project’. The overall allocation and utilization of funds under Mission Raftaar can not be quantified.
CAG report tabled in budget session 2022 has analyzed the punctuality and travel time in train operations in Indian Railways as a whole. Mission Raftaar is only one of the document used as Audit criteria for preparation of report. Speeding up of trains is a constant endeavour and a continuous process on Indian Railways which is dependent on constant optimization of the investments made by Railways in modernization of technology, high powered locos, modern coaches and better tracks. To this end Indian Railways are inter alia proliferating Hofmann Busch  coaches which have higher speed potential, converting passenger trains operating with conventional coaches into MEMU services . As a part of “Mission Raftaar” and during the period 2015-16 and 2021-22, 414 passenger train services have been converted into MEMU services.
Indian Railway is constructing more than 3000 Km of Dedicated Freight Corridor, which would enable freight trains to run at speed of 100 kmph.
There is marked improvement in average freight train speed.
During financial year 2016-17 to financial year 2020-21, Average speed of freight train has increased from 23.7 kms/hr to 41.2 kms/hr.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to inaugurate 107th Indian Science Congress tomorrow at UAS, Bangalore
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate 107th Indian Science Congress at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru on Friday 3 January 2020. Prime Minister Modi will deliver the inaugural address on the occasion and also launch I-STEM Portal on the occasion. The Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri B. S. Yediyurappa and other dignitaries including Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan will be present on the occasion.
The Theme of the India Science Congress  this year is “Science and Technology: Rural Development”. More than 15,000 participants, including Nobel Laureates, Scientists, intellectuals, academicians, police makers, researchers, students and delegates from different institutions are expected to participate in the event. Complete details about the event can be accessed on a Mobile App “ISC 2020 UASB”. The App is available in Google play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.indiansciencecongress&hl=en_IN.